Our planning for Reading Together is almost like holiday planning…..you plan and prepare for months and then the day is here. That’s how I’m feeling.

We started talking about a theme and book for Reading Together 2014 last summer. We reviewed all the suggestions that had come to us from patrons and staff, we looked at titles that had been successfully used at other libraries, we watched author presentations on YouTube, and we read and read and read. Each time we came together, our focus became a bit sharper. We ultimately settled on not one, but two books, and a food theme.

And now the day is here! Our first event is Wednesday, March 5, with Tracie McMillan, author of The American Way of Eating; Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table.

Tracie’s visit kick-offs about five weeks of programming. Full list is on our website or in brochures available around town as well as at the library.

We’ll wrap-up with Novella Carpenter on Tuesday, April 15, author of our second title, Farm City.

We hope you have read the books and will join in the conversation, but even if you haven’t, I’m confident you’ll enjoy the author visits and find the programs interesting.

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The American Way of Eating

Our planning for Reading Together is almost like holiday planning…..you plan and prepare for months and then the day is here. That’s how I’m feeling.

We started talking about a theme and book for Reading Together 2014 last summer. We reviewed all the suggestions that had come to us from patrons and staff, we looked at titles that had been successfully used at other libraries, we watched author presentations on YouTube, and we read and read and read. Each time we came together, our focus became a bit sharper. We ultimately settled on not one, but two books, and a food theme.

And now the day is here! Our first event is Wednesday, March 5, with Tracie McMillan, author of The American Way of Eating; Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table.

Tracie’s visit kick-offs about five weeks of programming. Full list is on our website or in brochures available around town as well as at the library.

We’ll wrap-up with Novella Carpenter on Tuesday, April 15, author of our second title, Farm City.

We hope you have read the books and will join in the conversation, but even if you haven’t, I’m confident you’ll enjoy the author visits and find the programs interesting.